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ship, and employments of labor were incompetent 

 to rouse him from his sorrows, and to stimulate 

 him into enjoyment. He kept his eye steadily 

 fixed on futurity, and he looked forward with ex- 

 ultation to the period when he should be united 

 with his departed friends in another and a better 

 world. 



He continued in this state of mind until the ca- 

 nal was completed from Utica to Montezuma. It 

 passed close by his door. In the early stages of 

 its progress, he considered it with apathy, if not 

 with contempt — but the first boat which passed 

 by his house awakened Iiis slumbering energies. 

 There was indeed something grand, sublime and 

 animating in the scene — the shouts of spectators— 

 the huzzas from the boat— 



. " The neighing steed, and the shrill trump, 



The spirit stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, 



The Eagle banner — and all quality, 



Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious exultation.*' 



He entered the vessel and was delighted. He cal- 

 led to his mind the adventures of his 3^outh — the 

 pursuits of his manhood — and the busding scenes 

 of his active life. He returned, and slept well. 

 He rose in the morning as lively and as joyous as 

 the lark. He thought he could also construct a 

 boat, and on a better plan— he set to work, and 

 succeeded. He is now in full requisition for that 



